Washing-machine



(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1. J. S. YOUNG.

. WASHING MAGHlNE.

No. 438,216. Patented 0013.14, 1890.

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J. S. YOUNG.

WASHING MACHINE.

110.438,216. Y Patented Oct. 14,1890.

' NTTD STATES PATENT Ormea.'

JOHN S. YOUNG, OF DEFIANCE, OHIO.

WASHING- MACHINE.

SPECFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 438,216, dated October 14,1890.

Application filed April 24, 1890.

.To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I. JOHN S. YOUNG, a citizen of the United States, residing at Defiance,

in the county of Defiance and State ot' Ohio, have invented a new and useful Washing-Machine, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has relation to washing-machines of that class adapted to be used in connection with an ordinary wash-tub or sudsbox and employing in its make-up a head having a series of loose rollers for squeezing and pressing upon the clothing within the tub during the process of washing the same.

The objects ot' the invention are to provide a machine of cheap and simple construction and adapted to he operated with a minimum amount of power, and which in its operation will be capable of thoroughly eradicating the dirt from the clothes without the necessity of any extreme rubbing or other violent agitation calculated to tear or otherwise injure the garments.

Various other minor objects of the invention will hereinafter appear in the following description, and the novel features of the invention will be particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective of a washing-machine constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2isa vertical transverse section taken through the axle of the drive-wheel. Fig. 3 is a bottom plan of the revolving head. Fig. 4 is a detail in perspective of the operating-lever. Fig. 5 is a detail in perspective of the head-castin g. Fig. 6 is a detail in transverse section of the agitator-shaft. Fig. 7 is a detail in longitudinal section of the lower end of the slotted arm. Fig. 8 is a detail in perspective of one of the outer bearing-plates. Fig. 9 is a detail in perspective of the L-shaped guide. Fig. 10 is a detail in bottom perspective of the rubbinghead, the bearing-castings and rubbing-rolls removed.

Like numerals of reference indicate like parts in all ,the figures of the drawings.

The tub 1 may be of any ordinary construe t1on, as a wash tub, or be especially oonstructed for the washing mechanism hereinafter described. Upon the tub or suds-box 1 is mounted the circular cover 2, which may Serial No. 349,324. (No model.)

be secured in position upon the tub in any ordinary manner. The center of the cover is provided with a circular opening 3, which is surrounded by a metallic bushing 4, through which is passed the vertical agitator-shaft 5, thelower portion of which is squared in crosssection, as at 6, and provided at two of its opposite faces with vertical recesses 7, eX- tending to near the lower end of the staff.

8 represents a circular head of considerable thickness, so as to lend weight to the same to a proper degree to bear upon the clothing. The upper face of the head is crossed at an angle to the grain thereof by a cleat or crosspiece 9, let into the head, which cross-piece,v

like the head, has a square opening to receive the lower end of the staff 5, and is provided with inwardly-disposed lugs 10, which take into the grooves 7 of the staff and serve to guide the head when being raised or lowered in accordance with the quantity of clothing under the same. By reason of the cleat crossing thehead at an angle to the grain of the Wood of which said head is formed the strength and durability of the head are greatly increased and are also prevented from warping. y

The head 8 is provided with a series of radiating conical-shaped and, in cross-section, curved recesses 11, which extend to the outer periphery of t-he head, and the ends of the recesses are covered by metallic plates 12, having bearing-openings l3. The opposite ends of the recesses are covered by bearinglugs 14, formed upon and extending from a cast-metal frame l5, which surrounds the post or staff 5, and is provided with perforated corner lugs or ears 16, through which are passed screws into the head. In the bearings 14 and 13 are mounted the truunions of rollers 17, the rollers being partially inclosedby the recesses, and, like said recesses, being conical or tapered toward their-inner ends. At one side of the opening 3 of the cover is located a standard 18, the upper end of which is laterally bent and perforated to form abearing 19, which receives abearing-lug 20, formed upon the upper end of a ferrule 21, fitted over the upper end of the staff 5.

22 represents a small beveled pinion, which encircles the staff 5 and rides upon the me tallic bushing 4, said pinion being fast upon the staff and rotating therewith. The rear IOO face of the standard I8 is provided with a gage the teeth of the beveled pinion 22. In

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rear of the standard 1S thereis located a second standard'25, in the upper end of which is located a bearing-pin 26, upon Which is pivoted an arm 27, preferably formed of cast metal, and above its pivot perforated, as at 28, for the passage of bolts' 29, by which it may be securely bolted to a bifurcated handle 30. Below its bearing the arln is provided with a longitudinal slot 3l, which receives a roller 32, located upon a wrist-pin 33, extending from one of the spokes of the master-gear 24.

This completes the construction of the `inachine, and 'the operation of the same, Which 'will -be readily understood therefrom, may be briefly stated `as follows: A suitable quantity of water is introduced into the tub, and in the Water are immersed the clothes and ythe headS permitted to lsettle thereupon, `the `weight of the .head being sufficient to compress the clothes. The handle or operatinglever is nowfoscillated back and forth, and

through the medium of the Wrist-pin and thefslotted yarm the main gear is similarly oscillated 'upon its bearing. The oscillations'of the master-gear impart a similar nio-vement upon the part `of the pinion 22 andthe agitator-staff, 'though the lnoveme'ntsof the lat- -ter are a "complete revolution in alternate directions, which 'is Vsecured by the relative "size of the master-gear and the pinion. The oscillation-s or revolutions of the vhead'cause the rollers `to press -upon 'and squeeze the dirt' from the clothing, forcing `the Water through the same and 4afgita'tin g the `clothing sufliciently to present the different surfaces yof the clothing-to the action of the rotary rubbers or rolls. By reason ofthe conical shape fgiven the rolls the clothing has a constant tendency to travel toward VYthe center of the head in contradistinctio'n'to tendencies usual in this class of rubbing-heads, wherein the tendency isin the opposite direction. By reason of the rolls being let into the'head ashort distance the clothingis preventedf rom being engaged by the rolls or pushed along, so asto accumulate in piles, and by the invention described saidclothing is assembled .in a cornparatively even manner over the bottom of the tub or suds-boX, and the latter is free from -all rubbing-ribs, as such are wholly unnecessary with the head arranged'as described.

The roller 32 is of a diameter adapting it to loosely Iit within the slot of the casting 27, and is provided `upon its inner side With an annular flange 34, and at the opposite side of the roller is located a Washer 35, the opposite sides of the arm therefore being loosely enibraced by the fiange and Washer, which latter is held in place lby a linchpin 36.

37 represents an L-shaped guide-bracket, the upperend of which is located adjacent to slotted longitudinally, as at 38, and inserted through the saine is a set-bolt 39. Y Y

Having thus described my invention, What I claim is- 1. In a Washing-machine, the rubber-head provided With a series 4of radiating conical recesses tapered toward their inner ends 'and provided at the ends of the recesses with bearings, and a series of conical rollerscorresponding 'in shape to the recesses and partially iinclosed 'bythelatter and 'mounted 'for rotatie'n in the bearings of the recesses, substantially as specified.

2. In a Washing-machine, the 4rubber-hcad provided With a series of radiating conical recesses tapered toward their inner ends and provided "at one'end of .the recesses with y'the bearing-plates Vaudlat'the other end with the casting l5, having bearing-'lugs 14 for all the irollers,and 1a series of conical rollers -corresponding in shape to the recesses and par- 'tially inclosed by the latter and mounted for rotation in the bearings of the recesses,fs'ub stantially as specified.

3. In a Washing-machine, ythe rubber-head 'provided with a series of radiating conical "relcesses tapered vtoward their .inner ends and provided at one end of the recesses With the bearing-plates l2 and at the-other end with thecasting l5, having bearing-lugs 14 for 'all the rollers, and a series of conical `.rolLlersco-rresponding in shape tothe recesses land partially inclosed by the latter and linoun'ted 'for rotation in the bearings of` the recessesthe cross-piece 9, let into the head and having lugs 10,.and the square shaft 6,havinggrooves 7 to receive the lugs Aand passing throughthe head and received 'Within the hollov'vcasting l5, substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the .foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in presence of tv'vo Witnesses. l

JOHN S. YOUNG. Witnesses:

A. VIERs, ADAM THIEROFF.

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